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Résumé De Recherche Synopsis of Research Synopsis of Research Conducted under the 2012–2013 Northern Contaminants Program Résumé de recherche effectuées en 2012–2013 dans le cadre du Programme de lutte contre les contaminants dans le Nord Synopsis of Research Conducted under the 2012-2013 Northern Contaminants Program For information regarding reproduction rights, Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements please contact Public Works and Government sur les droits de reproduction, veuillez Services Canada at: 613-996-6886 or at: communiquer avec Travaux publics et Services [email protected] gouvernementaux Canada (TPSGC) par téléphone au 613-996-6886, ou par courriel à l’adresse suivante : [email protected] www.aandc.gc.ca www.aadnc.gc.ca 1-800-567-9604 1 800 567-9604 TTY only 1-866-553-0554 ATS seulement 1 866 553-0554 QS-8667-000-EE-A1 QS-8667-000-FF-A1 Catalogue : R71-64/2013 E-PDF Catalogue : R71-64/2013F-PDF ISSN: 2292-0765 ISSN : 2292-0765 © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, © Sa Majesté la Reine du chef du Canada, represented by the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs représentée par le ministre des Affaires and Northern Development, 2013 autochtones et du développement du Nord canadien, 2013 This Publication is also available in French Cette publication est également disponible under the title: Résumé de recherché effectués en anglais sous le titre : Synopsis of Research en 2012-2013 dans le cadre du programme de conducted under the 2012-2013 Northern lutte contre les contaminants dans le Nord. Contaminants Program i Table of Contents Tables des matières Foreword / Avant-propos . xi Introduction . xiii Human Health / Santé humaine . xix Assessment of contaminant and dietary nutrient interactions in the Inuit Health Survey: Nunavut, Nunatsiavut and Inuvialuit / Évaluation des interactions entre les contaminants et les nutriments alimentaires dans l’enquête sur la santé des Inuits : Nunavut, Nunatsiavut et Inuvialuit. L. Chan....................................................................................1 Nunavik Child Cohort Study (NCCS): follow-up with late adolescents / Étude sur une cohorte d’enfants du Nunavik : suivi en fin d’adolescence G. Muckle ........................................................................................13 Nunavik Child Cohort Study (NCCS): add-on study for follow-up with teenage children – observed behaviours and stress / Étude sur une cohorte d’enfants du Nunavik : étude complémentaire de suivi auprès d’adolescents – comportements et stress observés P. Plusquellec.....................................................................................21 Monitoring spatial and temporal trends of environmental pollutants in maternal blood in Nunavik (year 2) / Surveillance des tendances spatiales et temporelles des concentrations de polluants environnementaux dans les échantillons de sang provenant de mères au Nunavik (année 2) E. Dewailly .......................................................................................29 POPs and cardio-vascular diseases in Inuit / Les POP et les maladies cardiovasculaires chez les Inuits E. Dewailly .......................................................................................41 In vivo Study of the Effects of a Northern Contaminant Mixture on the Development of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases under Conditions Typifying the Diets and Lifestyles of Northerners / Étude in vivo des effets d’un mélange de contaminants nordiques sur le développement de maladies métaboliques et cardiovasculaires dans des conditions caractérisant les régimes et modes de vie des résidants du Nord X. Jin . 53 Country foods and cardiovascular health in Nunavik: studying the complex balance between selenium and environmental contaminants / Aliments traditionnels et santé cardiovasculaire au Nunavik : étude de l’équilibre complexe entre le sélénium et les contaminants environnementaux P. Ayotte .........................................................................................75 Quantifying the effect of transient and permanent dietary transitions in the North on human exposure to persistent organic pollutants / Quantification de l’effet des transitions alimentaires provisoires et permanentes dans le Nord sur l’exposition humaine aux polluants organiques persistants F. Wania .........................................................................................85 iii Community Based Monitoring / Surveillance communautaire . 95 Mercury levels in food fish species in lakes used by DehCho community members with a focus on choice and risk perception of eating traditional country food / Concentrations de mercure dans des poissons comestibles présents dans des lacs utilisés par des membres de la collectivité des Dehcho, avec insistance sur le choix et la perception du risque lié à la consommation d’aliments traditionnels G. Low ...........................................................................................97 Evaluation of hydro-climatic drivers of contaminant transfer in aquatic food webs in the Husky Lakes Watershed (Inuvialuit Settlement Region, NWT) / Évaluation des facteurs hydroclimatiques favorisant le transfert de contaminants dans les chaînes alimentaires aquatiques du bassin hydrographique des lacs Husky (région désignée des Inuvialuit, Territoires du Nord-Ouest) N. Gantner ......................................................................................105 Paulatuk beluga whales: Health and knowledge / Bélugas de Paulatuk : Santé et connaissance Paulatuk HTC ....................................................................................119 Tlicho Aquatic Ecosystem Monitoring Project / Projet de surveillance de l’écosystème aquatique de la Première Nation des Tlicho J. Snortland Pellissey.............................................................................127 Environmental Monitoring and Research / Tendances Environnementales Surveillance et de Recherche . 135 Northern contaminants air monitoring for organic pollutants and data interpretation / Surveillance des contaminants atmosphériques dans le Nord : mesure des concentrations de polluants organiques et interprétation des données H. Hung .........................................................................................137 Mercury measurements at Alert and Little Fox Lake / Mesure du mercure à Alert et au lac Little Fox A. Steffen .......................................................................................145 Temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants and metals in ringed seals from the Canadian Arctic / Tendances temporelles des polluants organiques persistants et des métaux chez le phoque annelé de l’Arctique canadien D. Muir .........................................................................................155 Temporal and spatial trends of legacy and emerging organic and metal/elemental contaminants in Canadian polar bears / Tendances temporelles et spatiales des contaminants organiques et métalliques/ élémentaires classiques et émergents chez l’ours blanc du Canada R. Letcher .......................................................................................165 Mercury in from the Arctic; status in 2013 / La situation du mercure dans l’Arctique en 2013 G. A. Stern ......................................................................................177 Temporal trends of contaminants in Arctic seabird eggs / Tendances temporelles des contaminants dans les œufs d’oiseaux de mer de l’Arctique B. Braune . 191 Temporal trends and spatial variations in persistent organic pollutants and metals in sea-run char from the Canadian Arctic / Tendances temporelles et variations spatiales des polluants organiques persistants et des métaux chez l’omble chevalier anadrome de l’Arctique canadien M. Evans........................................................................................201 iv Temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants and mercury in landlocked char in High Arctic lakes / Tendances temporelles des polluants organiques persistants et du mercure chez l’omble chevalier dulcicole de l’Extrême-Arctique D. Muir .........................................................................................211 Spatial and long-term trends in persistent organic contaminants and metals in lake trout and burbot from the Northwest Territories / Tendances spatiales et à long terme des contaminants organiques persistants et des métaux chez le touladi et la lotte dans les Territoires du NordOuest M. Evans........................................................................................223 Temporal trend studies of trace metals and halogenated organic contaminants (HOCs), including new and emerging persistent compounds, in Mackenzie River burbot, Fort Good Hope, NWT / Études sur les tendances temporelles des métaux traces et des composés organiques halogénés, y compris les composés nouveaux et émergents, chez la lotte du fleuve Mackenzie à Fort Good Hope (T.N.-O.) G. Stern.........................................................................................235 Trace metals and OrganoHalogen contaminants in fish from selected Yukon lakes: a temporal and spatial study / Contamination aux métaux traces et aux organohalogénés de poissons de certains lacs du yukon : Étude temporelle et spatiale G. Stern.........................................................................................247 Arctic caribou contaminant monitoring program / Programme de surveillance des contaminants M. Gamberg .....................................................................................257
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